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the whole, and for the form in which the report is now 

 presented. I feel that Mr. Scott and Miss Lewis have 

 done the major part of the hard work, and that I deserve 

 little credit except for planning 1 the work, enabling it to 

 be carried ont, and expressing my opinion on details of 

 the investigation and on the general conclusions. 



As in the case of the last few years, we do not consider 

 the present report to be an exhaustive statement of 

 the results to be obtained from a study of the collections. 

 It is again only an interim report to record the progress 

 of the investigation. We look -forward to giving a fuller 

 discussion of the ten years' material when the series of 

 observations is completed. We have now in hand a 

 considerable bulk of unpublished figures, curves and 

 other data. 



We may refer readers to the previous parts of this 

 report (from 1907 onwards) for any desired details as to 

 the apparatus and methods of work and the results so far 

 obtained. — W. A. Herdman.] 



Material Available. 



The collections made during 1914 have amounted to 

 393 — all taken within the same limited sea-area off the 

 Isle of Man as in former years. Our table for the whole 

 series of samples taken during the eight years of the 

 investigation is now as follows : — 





At Sea, from Yacht. 



In Bay 







Year. 







throughout 



Totals. 













Spring. 



Autumn. 



Year. 







1907 



218 



279 



138 



635 





1908 



L56 



242 



157 



555 





1909 



329 



147 



231+49 



756 





1910 



107 



249 



296 



652 





1911 



120 



84 



314 



518 





1912 



87 







299 



386 





1913 



82 



41 



282 



405 





1914 



102 







291 



393 





Totals 



1,201 



1,042 



2,057 



4,300 









